Join me on Sunday (24 May) 13:00 GMT for MACFEST's latest event: "Libraries Without Borders". We'll be discussing how libraries foster belonging for displaced communities & the role digital world plays. Free online event. Registration via Eventbrite (link in first comment)

Most media are leading with the sentencing of former #Bangladesh Prime Minister #SheikhHasina. But few have got a comment from chief prosecutor, Muhammad Tajul Islam. I managed to reach him on his cell phone - and he shared some statements with me! www.npr.org/2025/11/17/g...

Honoured to speak to BA and MA journalism students at the University of the Arts, London about humanitarian journalism, reflecting on my reporting from Syria and Turkey during the 2023 earthquake. Grateful for the invitation and inspiring discussions

Loved chatting with the lovely and hugely talented @KiaAbdullah about her gripping new crime novel, What Happens in the Dark. Read my article below @onlinehyphen

My recent appearance on the #bangladeshi diaspora channel Channel S, where I discuss my experiences reporting in #bangladesh since last year's uprising #SheikhHasina #genz #EnforcedDisappearance #uprising youtu.be/1YUH4qa3Agg?...

Fantastic evening at the Asian Achievers Awards last night. I didn't win - but incredibly honoured to have been shortlisted as one of just four finalists out of 500 nominations. Huge congratulations to all the winners. It was truly a privilege to celebrate alongside you ❤️

For anyone who missed it, this is the recording of my John Schofield Trust masterclass on reporting from post-colonial nations emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Happening later today. Registration link is in the comments 🙂

MASTERCLASS: Join me live from Dhaka this Wednesday (August 20th) 1pm UK time for a John Schofield Trust masterclass on rethinking perspectives from post-colonial nations. To register (it's free) click on the link in the first comment

Over the past few days flash floods & landslides have claimed more than 300 lives across South Asia: Another stark reminder that climate change is real & it is the most vulnerable communities who bear the heaviest burden. My report for @NPR #climatechange #pakistan #india www.npr.org/2025/08/17/n...

absolutely thrilled to be a finalist at this year's Asian Achievers Awards in the Media category!! What an honour!

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Excited to hosting a MACFEST panel with Prof. Daniel Newman on Arabic travel literature and Muslim journeys to the West. Join us online Sat, 31 May at 2pm UK time. Free event—link in first comment. Passcode: 581041. #ArabicHistory

"The reporting of the atrocities in Gaza has become a litmus test for journalism...a test that the mainstream journalism failing" - Des Freedman. What a privilege to be among such brave and inspirational journalists at the National Education Union

Join me on Sunday (18 May) 2pm UK time for an online session with historian & author Siobhan Lambert-Hurley as we discuss her book, "Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage: Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum of Bhopal" as part of MACFEST UK. To book, click on the link in the first comment

My article for The New Arab explores Bangladeshi former student activist and politician, Nahid Islam’s remarkable journey from leading last year's Gen-Z uprising to becoming one of the country’s most influential political figures @NahidIslam_24 #Bangladesh www.newarab.com/features/nah...

As the world looks away, international funding for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is vanishing — including major USAID cuts — leaving nearly a million desperate people at the risk of hunger and disease. My op-ed piece for TRT World #Rohingya trt.global/world/articl...?

My in-depth interview with Bangladeshi student leader Nahid Islam. In it, I ask if it's time for the Old Guard to step aside and make way for a new generation in politics #Bangladesh www.npr.org/2025/03/27/g...

In #Bangladesh #Rohingya refugee camps, armed militant gangs have been killing members of their community for years. Rights groups say their targets include anyone who refuses to join them. My report. @fortifyrights.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/03/11/n...

The UN described the #Rohingya as the most persecuted people on earth. They now stand to suffer even more as a result of USAID and other cuts. My report for NPR from the camps #Bangladesh #USAID #Trump www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

I recently visited the ruined home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It is not an expression of political opinion to say that the destruction points to criminal damage. Also, why on earth is the site now not cordoned off???? It’s dangerous yet ppl are climbing all over it! #Bangladesh

my first time back in the #Rohingya camps in #Bangladesh in 6 years & wonderful to find Turkish operations still in place at a time when other agencies have pulled out & the freezing of #USAID threatens to leave a devastating impact. @redcrescent.bsky.social #afad

Had a v productive meeting with Bangladesh's new High Commissioner to the UK, Abida Islam ahead of my forthcoming deployment . We agreed on the importance of covering stories from Bangladesh in a transparent, objective and impartial way as it settles in to a new era #bangladesh

Incredibly excited to be starting another year as a Senior Fellow at the John Schofield Trust on its mentoring programme. My mentee this year is the wonderful Oxford graduate and early career journalist, Anvee Bhutani. Really looking forward to getting to know her! @JSchofieldTrust

“They used to hang prisoners from the ceiling and beat them. They gave them electric shocks. They ripped their fingernails off.” My report from #Bangladesh for @NPR on the hundreds of enforced disappearances during Sheikh Hasina's 15-year reign www.npr.org/2024/12/27/n...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stand for the first time in his long-running corruption trial. Here is what you need to know about the charges that have divided the Israeli public at a time of Middle East turmoil reut.rs/3OMvtV9

Six charged with being members of banned PKK group in London

Israel has seized an opportunity to illegally expand further onto Syrian land following the overthrow of the Assad regime.

So much for Russian fire power... years of blasting a country with sophisticated weaponry, and look where it got them... #syria #basharalassad

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity over the alleged persecution of the Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority reut.rs/3CJqrpL

'Dismembered bodies' as Israel kills 66 in latest north Gaza massacre - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-66-killed-overnight-gaza-massacre

🔴 Gaza’s Civil Defence has released a statement detailing the extensive damages and losses it has suffered in Israeli attacks: 🔺87 personnel killed 🔺304 staff injured 🔺21 detained LIVE Updates ⤵️

The U.S. is allowing Ukraine to use the powerful long-range weapons to strike in and around Kursk — the same region where some 10,000 North Korean troops were recently deployed.

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